IMPORTANT - soloist, please note: in order to limit the amount of languishing projects (and hence the amount of files on our hard-pressed server), we ask that you post an update at least once a month in your project thread, even if you haven't managed to record anything. If we don't hear from you for three months, your project may be opened up to a group project if a Book Coordinator is found. Files you have completed will be used in this project. If you haven't recorded anything yet, your project will be removed from the forum (contact any admin to see if it can be re-instated).

Please don't download or listen to files belonging to projects in process (unless you are the BC or PL). Our servers are not set up to handle the greater volume of traffic. Please wait until the project has been completed. Thanks!

Magic Window:

The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file: No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!START of recording (Intro):

"Chapter [number] of ALONE IN THE CARIBBEAN by FREDERIC A. FENGER. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"

Hi Trisha,To answer your questions:1. Yes2. No, it hasn't slipped my mind even though my mind is getting slipperier and slipperier. I'm just settling in to my winter Quarters on the Lovely island of Montserrat. Learning about Audacity and my microphone. Will have lots of questions.

Looking back at your old posts, I can't tell if you were able to iron out any recording issues. Your test recording thread has been deleted (we clear them out after about 6 months or so). If you didn't get a green light on it, I'd suggest posting a new test recording, so that you can be ensured of a quality recording when you start this.

_________________Original journals on the Exploration of the Mississippi: HereFiction, partly about jail atrocities: It Is Never too LateWatergate Report, volume 2: Here

For a solo project, you are the Book Coordinator. That means you fill out the Magic Window and post your links and times in the window when you upload your files.

You'll need to start by logging into the magic window. Instructions are in the BC How-to; and this is a more detailed version of the First Login instructions (with pictures!) Please be sure to read all of the BC How To document, as that will give you more information on your role as a BC.

Next, you'll need to start entering section (or chapter) titles. I've entered the first couple to get you started.

Then you are ready to start recording. When you upload a section, it's your responsibility to add the link and duration (mm:ss) to the Magic Window. Link from the uploader goes in the "listen URL" column, duration goes in the "notes" column. Then be sure to post in the thread that a new section is ready for PL so your DPL knows there is something new.

We won't worry about a DPL just yet - folks often see new projects and volunteer to listen before anything is posted. If no one sees this, we will advertise once you have a section or two ready to listen to.

If you have questions, or if you have any trouble with the instructions in the BC how to, please post and we'll work through it together. There is a bit of a learning curve when you do your first solo. You've picked a nice size book - not too long and something that you are interested in, so it should be a manageable and enjoyable process for you.